So, you think you know Canada?

[pkt]

A trivia game about Canada...

http://www.cbc.ca/chillybeach/trivia/trivia26.swf

I got 8/10 the first 2 times.

pk

[Black Jeebus]

I've never visited Canadia before...are there Eskimos, what about igloos. PK, are you an Eskimo who lives in an Igloo?

[Delmont]

I got 8 out of 10 too. Ah the joy of knowing how to take multiple choice tests. Anyway, its more fun to watch the goalie get beaten up.

[J.Harris]

I got four... three of them through guesswork...

[graham]

10/10 for me, eh.

GT

[jeff]

7/10, Fun Flash show, btw

[Tireur]

8/10 You learn something on Canadian Squares........

[grphiw]

7/10, then 0/10...
I enjoyed hurting the goalie.

[Black Jeebus]

Umm there was a question about what was not invented in Canada. The telephone was an incorrect option. Now obviously most peoples first response is Alexander Graham Bell (even then wouldn't he have done that in the US) but the proper answer is a European (whose name I just can't remember), and didn't said European do his dirty work in Europe. Maybe someone can help me out with this one as I'm too tired to look it up?

[Black Jeebus]

It's also moderately disturbing when his heart comes plummeting out when you get one right. It only bothers me cause at first I think, "dammit i got it wrong" then I realize...

[pkt]

Originally posted by Black Jeebus
Umm there was a question about what was not invented in Canada. The telephone was an incorrect option. Now obviously most peoples first response is Alexander Graham Bell (even then wouldn't he have done that in the US) but the proper answer is a European (whose name I just can't remember), and didn't said European do his dirty work in Europe. Maybe someone can help me out with this one as I'm too tired to look it up?

Philipp REIS, a German, first developed and demonstrated the concept of a telephone. His telephone was unstable as a result of the diaphram he used to reproduce voice was unstable.
http://atcaonline.com/phone/Reis2.html

See also the thread we discussed other things Cdn:
http://www.fencing101.com/vb/showthr...&threadid=9437

You're pulling my leg about the Eskimo questions, right? Making a bit of fun on the "stereotypical American", eh?

BTW, the correct name is Inuit.
Eskimo was the name the First Nation people gave to the Inuits. It means "raw meat eaters".

PK

[pkt]

Originally posted by graham
10/10 for me, eh.

GT

Don't expect to get the Order of Canada as a result of this bit of good work though.

PK

[pkt]

Originally posted by Black Jeebus
It's also moderately disturbing when his heart comes plummeting out when you get one right. It only bothers me cause at first I think, "dammit i got it wrong" then I realize...

Did you hear about the guy - forgot his name - that got hit in the mouth with a stick in a hockey game on Tuesday THREE times in one game? TWICE by his own team mate. He lost a tooth as a result.

He got so P/Oed by the ref's non-call when he got hit by a member of the opposing team that he threw a water bottle at the ref. The water bottle hit the ice, took a bounce and hit the ref gently on the ankle. As a result he got a one-game suspension and no pay which costs him $90,000.

He was lucky that he wore a face shield...

PK

[lfortier]

I only got 3 right. Oh well, the only place I went to in Canada was that tiny Deer Island only a few square miles big...

[sgfoilist]

I hit 4 out of 10...I'm a Singaporean though. I've never been to Canada but my impression of it is that it's mighty BIG and COLD. there's like room for every individual to have a house of his own equipped with a (n)hectare backyard, olympic size swimming pool, golf course, formula one race track and hunting ground fit for 200+ animals. And there's still room for so many other things especially up north hahaha! Wonderful place, near the top of my 'must visit' list.

[graham]

Originally posted by sgfoilist
... I've never been to Canada but my impression of it is that it's mighty BIG and COLD. there's like room for every individual to have a house of his own equipped with a (n)hectare backyard, olympic size swimming pool, .... And there's still room for so many other things especially up north hahaha! Wonderful place, near the top of my 'must visit' list.

Hey, you aren't too far wrong . Out here on the east coast we just came out of a cold snap with several days of -30 C temperatures and windchills down to close to -50. Once the temperature warmed up what did we get but about 38 cm of snow!

You know the biggest problem with those backyard pools? Heating them! In the wintertime, though they make great hockey rinks .

gt

[Soldier]

Ah, take me back to good ole North Dakota, where a day like that was a warm spell, and the snow was best at -100 F windchill, -60 F absolute...

[DHCJr]

Is this why the USFA decides to have 3 NAC's in California in December and January?

For all of you who are from places where the high doesn't get above 50, they wanted you to feel at home in San Jose. Right behind the Convention Center there was an outdoor ice skating ring.

[pkt]

Originally posted by graham
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You know the biggest problem with those backyard pools? Heating them! In the wintertime, though they make great hockey rinks .

gt

Graham,
I see that you don't have a swimming pool - neither do I. If you do you'd drain your pool before it freezes over. Think about it... If you don't, I hope you have a big bank account.

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sgfoilist

We almost lost our F1 race...
If you do come to visit Canada, do take the train so you SEE and smell the whole country.

I was from HK, so Canada's size is something you have to live here to appreciate...try driving across the country.

Most of the people in Canada live within a 100-km of the border with the USA...

Canada, like any big countries can be divided into diff't temperature regions. Even the province of BC is divisible into diff't temperature zones.

Here's a link where you can see what Vancouver is like.
http://www.katkam.ca/
And this is the site for Tourism BC
http://www.hellobc.com/index.asp?ct=y&
Enjoy.

PK

[MikeHarm]

It might be useful for me to know more about Canada. I found out New Years day that I have a 45 year old half brother that I never heard of before living in Ontario.